Do mucosal mast cells contribute to the immediate asthma response?

Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 38-46

  Ikawati, Z ^a   Nose, M ^a   Maeyama, K ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxytryptamine; Mast cell heterogeneity; Ovalbumin; Tracheal contraction; Ws Ws rat

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; KETANSERIN; LEUKOTRIENE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OVALBUMIN; PRANLUKAST; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL FUNCTION; CONGENIC STRAIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MUCOSA CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TRACHEA;

EID: 0034983171     PISSN: 00215198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jjp.86.38     Document Type: Article

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